The IPCP prepared a policy brief on the importance of the precautionary principle as input to the first session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution.
IPCP Policy Brief: Leveraging solution-oriented assessments for the ISP-CWP
The IPCP prepared a policy brief on leveraging solution-oriented assessments as input to the first session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution.
IPCP Policy Brief: Conflicts of interest in the assessment of chemicals, waste and pollution
The IPCP prepared a policy brief on addressing the chemical industry’s role in the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel as input to the first session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution.
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IPCP Activities Update | October 2025
Our periodic newsletters provide a brief summary of key IPCP efforts that the board has been focusing on.
Environmental Science & Technology Letters: Corporate ‘Capture Strategies’ Impacting Human and Ecosystem Health
This study co-authored by a number of IPCP board members sheds light on a pressing yet under-recognized challenge in environmental governance. Through a literature review, we detail how corporate actors employ subtle and systemic tactics to influence regulations, research, and public discourse.
Review Article: The State of the World’s Chemical Pollution
Martin Scheringer (the IPCP co-founder and chair) and Ralf Schulz (University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany) published an extensive review article on “The Status of the World’s Chemical Pollution” in Annual Reviews of Environment and Resources. It includes a part on pesticides and industrial chemicals with a focus on PFASs and an emphasis on the need for […]
Earth Commission’s Blog: A World Wrapped in Plastic
In this blog, professor Miriam Diamond, the Earth Commissioner and the IPCP vice-chair, reflects on the recent collapse of negotiations to develop a legally binding global treaty to curb plastic pollution.
[CLOSED] Sign-on campaign: Scientists’ statement on the chemical definition of PFASs
The intent of this sign-on campaign is to convey the importance of maintaining the OECD chemical definition. There is no evidence to indicate that the OECD definition is flawed or problematic, and hence, there is no need for a new chemical PFAS definition.
IPCP Activities Update | May 2025
Our periodic newsletters provide a brief summary of key IPCP efforts that the board has been focusing on.